I was sexually harassed by an older man about a year ago and I'm still really jittery around guys. When I try to be myself and flirt and try to get to know guys anymore it's like I can't be myself and let them know who I am. I mean, I can listen, all I have to do is stand there and nod and try to smile, but I'd really like to be able to open up. I try, but I stutter, and the words just won't come. My hands start shaking real bad, and become clammy. Just typing this is doing that. I have flashbacks. Palpitations in my chest. Not life threatening, just everything gets really cold. I told a friend of mine. She said these were symptoms of PTSD. y'all know how I could go about being me again? Therapies, drugs, whatever. I already take 100 mg Zoloft for OCD. That mostly just controls the depressive thoughts and keeps obsessions from becoming compulsions. It doesn't stop the stutter. I want to stop this stutter. Any good psychologists in the Birmingham, AL area specializing in this?
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I have ptsd from a assault and robbery when I was 18. I will tell you the flashbacks do fade with time...one thing that mught help you alot is to talk about it with a good therapist or your pastor at church. Medication can help the symptoms you described...a benzo like ativan or xanax would help
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I've also got PTSD from an abusive past, as well as being rear-ended in more than one wreck and having had major damage to our house from an ice storm. I take Zoloft too, plus Colonapan for panic attacks. The last wreck I was in, I literally could not get back in my car! I'm driving a different car now!!! And...I'm afraid to 'stray' very far from home, even if it's just around town! Yes, see about talking to your pastor, a trusted friend, or a Christian psychologist....find someone you feel you could talk to about it!
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Viola, I'm SO SO Sorry that this happened to you. May God fill you and remove this debilitating fear! I am so proud of you that you are trying to get better, and I know that it takes a lot of confidence to attempt to associate with men after what happened to you. You have a lot of guts, a lot more than I have.
I was humiliated and ridiculed by guys several years ago, and it is only recently that I am trying to get over my fear of men. Please know that you are not alone and that God will help us if we bring our cares to him.
I was humiliated and ridiculed by guys several years ago, and it is only recently that I am trying to get over my fear of men. Please know that you are not alone and that God will help us if we bring our cares to him.
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